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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 471
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND WAS FOUND BY FAMILY DOWN ON GROUND DOA-CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/09/2005 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| CHEST PAIN.PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND CHEST BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2005 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| SUDDEN LIGHTHEADNESS SHOVELING THE SNOW, ,SYNCOPED&FELL "SYNCOPE" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/09/2005 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND WENT DOWN , CARDIAC ARREST DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/04/2005 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| ANXIETY,HYPOKALEMIA - PASSED OUT WHEN SHOVELING SNOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2005 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW WENT INSIDE HOUSE AND PASSED OUT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/04/2005 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| CHEST PAIN AFTER SHOVELING SNOW;ADMIT TO RULE OUT AN M.I. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/30/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| ALCOHOL INTOXICATION, ACUTE - 35 YOM PRESENTS VERY INTOXICATED, WAS INT OXICATED WHEN HE TRIED TO SHOVEL SNOW AND FELL OVER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2005 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| SHOVELING SNOW AND SLIPPED TO GROUND RESULTING IN HAVING A CVA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/22/2005 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| PT WAS SHOVELING SNOW AND GOT LIGHTHEADED AND DEVELOPED PALPITATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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